Oriental Plover

Anarhynchus veredus (Gould, 1848)

50 cmWingspan

It is rather large among red-breasted plovers, with relatively long legs and wings and a broad chestnut breast-band in the breeding male.

Most records: China, Australia, Indonesia

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Breeding male has a white face, throat and forecrown
Gray-rufous hindcrown, nape and back
Breeding male has a narrow black band below the chestnut breast-band
Relatively long legs and wings

Male, female and young

Females, juveniles and non-breeding males have gray-rufous upperparts, a white belly, a pale face and a white stripe above the eye.

Where and when it's recorded

Oriental Plover has been recorded at 211 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 19 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Roebuck Plains StationAustralia145 records
Taylors LagoonAustralia138 records
Katherine Wastewater Treatment PlantAustralia95 records

More places

Lake EdaAustralia94 records
Mai Po Nature ReserveHong Kong (China)89 records
Matsu – Dongyin PlaygroundChina77 records
Penghu – Jibei IslandTaiwan (China)71 records
Matsu – DongyinChina68 records
Ma ChangChina66 records
Taipei – Tianliaoyang WetlandTaiwan (China)60 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Australia Indonesia Cambodia Mongolia Thailand Singapore Timor-Leste

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized plover closely related to the Caspian plover. It breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating southwards each year to spend its non-breeding season in Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia.

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Questions

Where does the Oriental Plover live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: temperate inland East Asia: southern Tuva and southern Transbaikalia (north of Mongolia, south-central Siberia), Mongolia (except far western, southern) and western Inner Mongolia (north-central China). It is most often recorded in China, Australia and Indonesia.

Is the Oriental Plover endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Oriental Plover as Least Concern.

What family is the Oriental Plover in?

It belongs to the family Plovers (Charadriidae), order Charadriiformes.

At a glance

Wingspan: 50 cm
Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Palearctic: temperate inland East Asia: southern Tuva and southern Transbaikalia (north of Mongolia, south-central Siberia), Mongolia (except far western, southern) and western Inner Mongolia (north-central China)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2